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Gammy leg wrote:I get this problem too, but mine is caused by what shoes i'm wearing. A pair of trainers and another pair of rubbery soled shoes always guarantee a shock when getting out of the car. I put it down to rubbing them on the nylon car mats that i've got.
To stop getting shocked, I always reach down and touch the ground when I get out of the car. Seems to work for me, presumably by discharging the static build-up.

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Yes i agree with that. I get it on some cars depending on what shoes i have one.

I try and not touch the metal of the car. Just use the door handle and touch the window instead of the door when closing it from the outside.

Do those rubbery strips actually work? Surely the tyres should do a similar thing?
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Peter wrote
I had a Vauxhall Velox"

i didnt realise you were that old Peter TEA HE

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RichardW wrote:Noticeable recently because the humdity has been very low in the atmosphere.
It's a common problem, it's the car that has the static not you, I've had a few jolts as I go to close the doors.

Those earthing straps do work, we used to use them on the baggage sorters at work to discharge the static. If one of them had fallen off and you touched one of the trays you certainly knew it :evil:
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Citroenmad wrote:Surely the tyres should do a similar thing?
They are supposed to. They were changed many years back to include a percentage of carbon which is supposed to allow leakage of static to earth.
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It can be the vehicle that builds up static but in most cases it happens when you slide out of your seat due to friction between it and your clothing, so its you that has the charge, in which case it makes little difference whether the car is earthed or not. Only happens if you have dry insulating type soles on your shoes.

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aha, naked barefoot driving from now on then.................
why oh why did i buy a C5.
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I've been getting shocks recently as I climb out of the Xantia but have only just noticed today, it doesn't happen in the Vauxhawful Ashtray. It's obviously something to do with the interior fabrics - my guess is it's the carpet - I don't have any rubber mats in the footwell.
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